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4 WISPAMERICA 2021 I APRIL 26 - 29, 2021 www.bekabusinessmedia.com DAY 2 A specialist in fiber management, optical pathway and connectivity platforms, Clearfield, Inc. introduced a next generation hardened optical fiber terminal, test access point, and drop cable options to join its FieldShield fiber protection system. The YOURx enclosures are designed to ensure service providers can match drop cable technology with the needs of their environment and first-cost priorities. Building upon the FieldShield pushable fiber and microduct pathway product line, which links thousands of consumers to their broadband networks today, the YOURx enclosures and drop cable options simplify fiber deployment, reduce initial capex, and minimize long-term opex costs, said the company. “Many service providers cannot make the business case for FTTH networks due to the high labor, design and inventory costs associ- ated with the home connection,” said Julie Kunstler, principal analyst at OVUM. “Clearfield’s focus on space saving designs and numerous fiber drop cable choices provides service providers with flexibility, enabling them to increase FTTH deployment targets with minimal training in the field and reduced inventory.” The FieldShield YOURx product promise is the latest addition to Clearfield’s modular product design methodology giving service providers the means to bring ultra-fast broad- band to their customers as readily and cost- effectively as possible. Supporting multiple drop-cable technologies and incorporating optical component integration, the hardened fiber deployment platform includes the Field - Shield YOURx-Terminal, a hardened optical service terminal that supports any drop and FieldShield microduct, increasing installation efficiency with a single inventory item that services multiple network designs in above or below grade environments, and the FieldShield YOURx-TAP, the smallest test access point enclosure in the industry that accommodates two FieldShield Deploy Reels each storing slack fiber of up to 300 feet of 900um Field - Shield StrongFiber or 50 feet of 3mm FLEX - drop allowing a 10:1 space savings in slack storage at the demarc. Drop cables route through the YOURx platform using a unique FlexPort opening. Three new, unique drop cable alternatives include: FieldShield FLATdrop: designed for tradi- tional flat-drop cable connectivity but removes the added cost or need for bulky connectors; FieldShield D-ROP: a pre-connectorized “Restorable One Pass” drop cable delivered to the market pre-placed in a FieldShield 7 mm microduct – this single-pass deployment provides ease of restoration in the event of a fiber cut; and FieldShield FLEXdrop: for aerial and buried environments in the OSP or plenum and riser-rated configurations in the inside plant – FLEXdrop gives installers the ultimate in flexibility to satisfy multiple environments with a single solution, said Clearfield. m Visit Clearfield at WISPAMERICA 2021 booth #420 or at www.SeeClearfield.com. BillMax Launches 2021 Q2 Release B illMax Billing Solutions continues to improve its flagship product BillMax with new features and software maintenance release as part of BillMax 2021. Integrations are a key component to this latest version, with features including two-way integra- tion with Zoho CRM for accounts and service locations; new integration with Preseem enabling billing, notifications, and suspension based on usage; and improvements for the DispatchMe integration which means customers can now see and approve invoices during service installation. Additional vendors are now supported by the CDR billing module, with better support for the FCC 499, and improved ease of a package setup means new packages, inclusive of all services and fees, can now be cloned as a basis of a new package. Package availability, meanwhile, can now be defined for a set of virtual companies. Previous availability was either for a single company or all companies. And bandwidth usage data can now be displayed by day in the customer portal. In addition to the above improvements, this release includes 106 code revisions for various fixes and customer requests. m Visit BillMax at WISPAMERCA 2021 booth #514 or head to www.billmax.com/release-notes. Clearfield Updates FieldShield Fiber Protection System Each year at WISPAPALOOZA, the WISP community gathers to announce and present WISPA’s annual industry awards. With the cancelation of last year’s WISPAPALOOZA 2020, these awards instead were presented as part of Monday’s opening events. Here are the winners as voted by the WISPA membership. Congratulations to all the winners. • Operator of the Year – Aeronet Wireless • Manufacturer of the Year – Cambium Networks • Product of the Year – RF Elements Asymmetrical Horns • Service of the Year – Preseem QoE Monitoring & Optimization Platform • Distributor of the Year – ISP Supplies • Triumph Award – Hudson Valley Wireless • Triumph Award – Faster Cajun Networks And the Winners Are …